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An Amazon quarter disappoints but not for the usual reasons
You know what an "Amazon quarter" feels like right? Lots of revenue growth but no earnings as capital spending eats profits? Well, that's sort of what the company delivered today. But not quite. And the not quite is important. Usually an Amazon quarter is...
Saturday Night Quarterback says, For the week ahead expect…
...a "showdown" between Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN) in the cloud space as the two companies report earnings only a day apart (on Wednesday October 23 for Microsoft and Thursday October 24 for Amazon.) Microsoft's cloud effort--Azure--is growing faster than...
Making Amazon my #9 pick in my Special Report 10 Best Picks for the Rest of 2019
Amazon (AMZN) reports earnings for the second quarter after the close of trading in New York on July 25. The results from Amazon's Prime Day(s) on July 15 and 16 are a reminder of why we want to own this stock in the second half of any year that has a Christmas in it....
FANG techs (plus more) fall on news of investigations
Both Congress and government regulators are taking aim at big tech. The House Judiciary Committee is planning an investigation into whether digital platform companies are using their market power to harm competition. The Federal Trade Commission is taking the lead in...
Amazon signals slowdown ahead; Wall Street doesn’t believe it
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Amazon earnings results mean hotter war with Google and Facebook in digital ad space
Nothing wrong with 20% year over year revenue growth--unless, of course, you're Amazon (AMZN). On Thursday, January 31, the company reported that revenue growth in the fourth quarter--the strongest retail quarter of the year--had at 20% come in at the high end of...
Adding Amazon Puts as a “Portfolio Protection Pick” in my Volatility Portfolio
On December 21 I made Amazon Put Options my second Portfolio Protection in my completely revised Special Report How to Protect Your Portfolio Without Selling Your Portfolio on this site. I said I would buy the put for my Volatility Portfolio on Monday, December 24. On...Good news and bad news on risk today after Trump-Xi “success”
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Amazon falls after hours on disappointing guidance
Share of Amazon (AMZN) climbed 7.09%, 117.97 points, in the regular session today on hopes for a good earnings report after the market close. The company delivered an earnings beat for the current quarter, reporting earnings of $5.75 a share, $2.66 better than the...
I’m selling my Amazon November 23 Puts today
When I bought the November 23 Puts (AMZN181123P01852500) with a strike price of $1852.50 on Amazon on Monday, October 22, I wasn't looking for a severe multiday sell off in the stock market that focused yesterday, October 24, at least, on growth stocks. Instead I was...
For another week when anticipated volatility is running high, here are three volatility plays
The financial markets are expecting another week of volatility almost as severe as last week. The futures market entered last week expecting a move of something like 70 points on the Standard & Poor's 500, according to calculations by Theo Trade. We got almost...Jim’s Stock Alerts
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